Common use of Certain Mergers Clause in Contracts

Certain Mergers. After any Merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or pursuant to which a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to the SAR are exchanged for, or converted into, or otherwise become shares of another corporation, the surviving, continuing, successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be (the “Acquiring Corporation”), will either assume the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement or substitute an award in respect of the Acquiring Corporation’s stock for the SAR, provided, however, that if the Acquiring Corporation does not assume or substitute for the SAR, the Board shall provide prior to the Merger that any unexercisable and/or unvested portion of the SAR shall be immediately exercisable and vested as of a date prior to such Merger, as the Board so determines. The exercise and/or vesting of the SAR that was permissible solely by reason of this Section 9(c) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. If the SAR is neither assumed by the Acquiring Corporation nor exercised as of the date of the Merger, the SAR shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Merger. Comparable rights shall accrue to the Grantee in the event of successive Mergers of the character described above.

Certain Mergers. After any Merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or pursuant to which a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares of Common Stock that are subject to the SAR are exchanged for, or converted into, or otherwise become shares of another corporation, the surviving, continuing, successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be (the “Acquiring Corporation”), will either assume the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement or substitute an award in respect of the Acquiring Corporation’s stock for the SAR, provided, however, that if the Acquiring Corporation does not assume or substitute awards for the SAR, the Board shall provide prior to the Merger that any unexercisable and/or unvested portion of the SAR shall be immediately exercisable and vested as of a date prior to such the Merger, as the Board so determines. The exercise and/or vesting of the SAR that was permissible or caused solely by reason of this Section 9(c8(c) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. If the SAR is neither assumed by the Acquiring Corporation nor exercised as of the date of the Merger, the SAR shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Merger. Comparable rights shall accrue to the Grantee in the event of successive Mergers of the character described above.

Certain Mergers. After any Merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or pursuant to which a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to the SAR Option are exchanged for, or converted into, or otherwise become shares of another corporation, the surviving, continuing, successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be (the “Acquiring Corporation”), will either assume the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement or substitute an award in respect of the Acquiring Corporation’s stock for the SAROption, provided, however, that if the Acquiring Corporation does not assume or substitute for the SAROption, the Board shall provide prior to the Merger that any unexercisable and/or unvested portion of the SAR Option shall be immediately exercisable and vested as of a date prior to such Merger, as the Board so determines. The exercise and/or vesting of the SAR Option that was permissible solely by reason of this Section 9(c8(c) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. If the SAR Option is neither assumed by the Acquiring Corporation nor exercised as of the date of the Merger, the SAR Option shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Merger. Comparable rights shall accrue to the Grantee in the event of successive Mergers of the character described above.

Certain Mergers. After any Merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or pursuant to which a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to the SAR are exchanged for, or converted into, or otherwise become shares of another corporation, the surviving, continuing, successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be (the “Acquiring Corporation”), will either assume the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement or substitute an award in respect of the Acquiring Corporation’s stock for the SAR, provided, however, that if the Acquiring Corporation does not assume or substitute for the SAR, the Board shall provide prior to the Merger that any unexercisable and/or unvested portion of the SAR shall be immediately exercisable and vested as of a date prior to such the Merger, as the Board so determines. The exercise and/or vesting of the SAR that was permissible solely by reason of this Section 9(c8(c) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. If the SAR is neither assumed by the Acquiring Corporation nor exercised as of the date of the Merger, the SAR shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Merger. Comparable rights shall accrue to the Grantee in the event of successive Mergers of the character described above.

Certain Mergers. After any Merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or pursuant to which a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to the SAR are exchanged for, or converted into, or otherwise become shares of another corporation, the surviving, continuing, successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be (the “Acquiring Corporation”), Corporation will either assume the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement or substitute an award in respect of the Acquiring Corporation’s stock for the SAR, provided, however, that if the Acquiring Corporation does not assume or substitute for the SAR, the Board shall provide prior to the Merger that any unexercisable and/or unvested portion of the SAR shall be immediately exercisable and vested as of a date prior to such Merger, as the Board so determines. The exercise and/or vesting of the SAR that was permissible solely by reason of this Section 9(c7(c) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. If the SAR is neither assumed by the Acquiring Corporation nor exercised as of the date of the Merger, the SAR shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Merger. Comparable rights shall accrue to the Grantee in the event of successive Mergers of the character described above.

Certain Mergers. After any Merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or pursuant to which a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to the SAR are exchanged for, or converted into, or otherwise become shares of another corporation, the surviving, continuing, successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be (the “Acquiring Corporation”), will either assume the Company’s 's rights and obligations under this Agreement or substitute an award in respect of the Acquiring Corporation’s 's stock for the SAR, provided, however, that if the Acquiring Corporation does not assume or substitute for the SAR, the Board shall provide prior to the Merger that any unexercisable and/or unvested portion of the SAR shall be immediately exercisable and vested as of a date prior to such the Merger, as the Board so determines. The exercise and/or vesting of the SAR that was permissible solely by reason of this Section 9(c8(c) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. If the SAR is neither assumed by the Acquiring Corporation nor exercised as of the date of the Merger, the SAR shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Merger. Comparable rights shall accrue to the Grantee in the event of successive Mergers of the character described above.